They say that anything can happen in the world of professional wrestling, and on Wednesday night Nick Gage battled Chris Jericho in a brutal match on AEW Dynamite. During the match Nick Gage took a pizza cutter to Chris Jericho’s head, and as that was happening a Domino’s ad aired in picture-in-picture.
It seems that Dominos was not happy with the timing of the advertisement, as the company went on to issue the following statement indicating that they are reconsidering advertising on AEW programming:
“We share the concerns expressed about this incident and the content of this TV-14 rated program, and are assessing our advertising presence on it going forward.”
Former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley talked about the ironic timing of the Domino’s ad while speaking with Cincy 3:60, and he thinks that the company needs to “chill out.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited or nervous for a match, to watch a match, ever. I know (Jericho and Gage) from two different periods of my life so well and those two universes, I never would have imagined merging. Am I doing some drugs that I didn’t remember I took right now? I was standing back there with Eddie (Kingston) and we were watching on the monitor. Jericho went from the frankensteiner and we’re holding hands like, ‘Oh my God’. That match friggin’ ruled. It was awesome.
“Domino’s needs to chill out. They need to chill. It was a coincidence. Jump on the bandwagon. You don’t think Nick Gage can sell some pizzas for you? You don’t think the Noid is played out at this point? You’re bringing back the Noid?”
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